As the debt talks continue, drone on may be a better description, and both sides dig in, there is a way to solve several problems.

The Tea Party faithful are digging in and calling upon their elected officials telling them under no circumstances should they give even an inch. Liberals are digging in insisting that THEIR elected officials not to allow ANY republican plan to see the light of day in the senate.

Impasse? Maybe…but there is one Tea Party backed Congressman who sees things differently.

Allen West from Florida’s 22^nd District has stepped forward to back the latest plan put forth by Speaker Boehner and even some of the West faithful are talking about leaving because of it. Maybe they’re not looking closely enough at the deeper issues at play here.

West is a military strategist and often, successfully, relies on that ability in his long term decision making as a Congressman.

West knows full well that you can’t take the mountain without first taking the hills that surround it. That is exactly what we have here. Hills surrounding the debt solution must be taken first and THEN the mountain.

Look at it this way.

IF the Tea Party backed elected officials get behind the Boehner plan and they WILL if the Tea Party voters encourage them to do so, 4 good accomplishments can come from it.

1)      The United States would avoid its first ever default. Default is a dubious outcome even if nothing happens in these talks but it is a possibility and must be considered. As a nation, we can still pay our bills and only if we don’t, do we default. A Tea Party backed plan which successfully averts any default or maybe more accurately, any TALK of default and would be a feather in the Republican cap…NOT Obama’s cap and would be a strong foothold heading into the 2012 election. At the same time it would show clearly Obama’s understanding of the economy and his leadership abilities are deeply flawed.

2)      The United States would retain its AAA credit rating. A Tea Party backed plan which successfully averts a downgrade in credit would strengthen the republican position on the economy now and heading into the election.

3)      The Boehner plan is a short term deal which would force a showdown shortly before the 2012 election. THAT is where the republican party can REALLY stake their claim and their success. Obama and the liberals want nothing to do with this heading into the election as even THEY know they can’t make the case and come out smelling like anything better that manure that close to the election.

4)      The Boehner plan includes a separate vote on a balanced budget amendment. THAT is a Tea Party faithful MAINSTAY and places THAT on the stage.

Of course the liberals will claim that republicans are playing politics but are they? The political outcome would be good for republicans and bad for democrats but it’s in fact what’s best for America that counts and this plan IS best for America. The CBO has looked at the revised Boehner plan and say that it’s cuts are more than the debt ceiling raise it entails. That doesn’t sound like politics.

There is also a downside for republicans in this plan. It’s a 6 month plan…short term…and the markets don’t like short term. That means the market may not react favorably to the Boehner plan and hold it against the republicans. That doesn’t sound like playing politics either.

The liberals have had their chance to create a budget, pass a budget, solve the debt crisis and avoid this issue all together…but they either flat out haven’t…or they’ve flat out failed. The fact that all 53 democrat Senators have signed a letter stating they will NOT vote for the Boehner plan, well, is THAT playing politics? The fact that Senate democrats refused to even allow the Cut Cap and Balance plan even REACH the Senate floor…was THAT playing politics?

Now it’s in the hands of the republicans and where the democrats have dropped the ball, the republicans must act to pick the ball up and move it forward. It’s just that simple.

Should the liberals shoot any of this down they might as well be shooting themselves in their collective feet. Republicans can go home for the August recess and state without a farthing of a blink that THEY stood tall, offered up the path for the right solution and voted as their constituents demanded. If it goes through…again…the republican have a firm grasp on victory AND they get to place the liberals front and center in the showdown right ahead of the 2012 election.

Where in this is the downside for the Tea Party?

Congressman says point blank that the Boehner plan is not perfect, yet he supports it. Why? Because, as West says, in the military, if you spend all your time looking for the perfect plan, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve already been captured.

For those of the Tea Party persuasion, be sure you’re looking at the BIG picture before you drop your Tea Party candidate.

Allen West DOES look at the big picture.

While he hasn’t said it, it would not be a stretch to see his logic in backing the Boehner plan from a strategic standpoint. It’s not everything even HE wants but it IS the best way from point A to point B and one thing we must remember is that point B is NOT that point on the map where a budget deal is reached.

It IS located squarely at the intersection of November and 2012.